The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has struck out the petition filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
Justice Haruna Tsammani, Chairman of the panel struck out the petition while reading the judgement in the petition filed by APM.
The case of the APM is solely on the non-qualification of Bola Tinubu and Shettima to contest the election.
The tribunal ruled that the double nomination issue was a pre-election matter and the PEPC had no jurisdiction over it.
According to Haruna Tsammani, the APM lacked the locus standi to challenge the nomination of the candidates of another political party.
Tsammani stressed the issue of qualification or non-qualification was a pre-election matter that ought to have been ventilated at the Federal High Court 14 days after the conduct of a primary election.
“Disqualification of a candidate on the basis of double nomination is a pre-election matter.
“Allied Peoples Movement’s (APM) petition is an abuse of the court process, having ventilated the same issues before a Federal High Court.
“Their action is mala fide,” the PEPT ruled.
It also held that the issue of double nomination had been decided upon by the Supreme Court and that the matter had become res judicata.
The petition of APM was subsequently struck out.
